ARMM GOV’T GIVES AMBULANCES TO 3 PROVINCES

The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao government distributes three ambulances to the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. (Mindanao Examiner Photo/Mark Navales)

MAGUINDANAO – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has turned over three ambulances to the Department of Health-ARMM in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

ARMM DOH Secretary Dr Tahir Sulaik accepted the ambulances last week and would be sent to the provinces immediately.

The ARMM also said it sent 500 bags of rice for refugees in Sulu through Rep. Munir Arbison. Aside from rice, it also distributed assorted medicines and food packs to those displaced by the fighting between troops and rebels on the island. (Mark Navales)

Zamboanga Ambulance Rams Truck, Driver Killed

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 04 Nov) - An ambulance carrying four passengers collided with a cargo truck in the outskirts of Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, killing one person, police said on Saturday.

Police said the ambulance driver, Danilo Camolio, was killed instantly and that his passengers were injured in the accident Friday in the village of Manicahan, east of Zamboanga.

Witnesses said the ambulance overtook a mini-jeep and collided head-on with the truck on the opposite side of the road.

Police said the ambulance came from the town of Alicia in Zamboanga del Sur and was transporting patients to the Zamboanga Medical Center here when the accident occured. (Mindanao Examiner)